REPORT. 



To Hon. H. H. Markham, Governor, and to the honorable the Legislature 

 of California: 



In accordance with an Act (Chapter CXCIV, Laws of 1891) entitled 

 "An Act to appropriate $5,000 for the purpose of sending an expert to 

 Australia, New Zealand, and adjacent countries, to collect and import 

 into this State parasites and predaceous insects," approved March 31, 

 1891, we beg to submit the following report: 



Soon after the passage of this Act we applied to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture at Washington, D. C, to aid us in this investigation by sending 

 on this mission Mr. Albert Koebele, an accredited agent of that depart- 

 ment, and who, on a former mission, discovered the Vedalia cardinalis. 

 We also requested that his salary be met by that department, we assum- 

 ing to pay his expenses. This the Secretary consented to do, and on 

 August 20, 1891, Mr. Koebele sailed for Australia, where he remained 

 about a year. As to what was accomplished, we beg to refer you to his 

 report and to the report of the Entomologist of this Board, which are 

 herewith appended. 



